Levant

The Levant is a geographical in the eastern Mediterranean Sea region, consisting of the modern-day countries of Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine; Iraq and the Sinai Peninsula are sometimes included due to their proximity (they are fellow Middle Eastern regions), while the Levant in its broadest historical context can include Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and eastern Libya. Most of its inhabitants are Arabs, with Israel having a Jewish majority and Syria and Lebanon having small populations of Druze. The major cities of Jerusalem, Jaffa (now Tel Aviv-Yafo), Amman, Damascus, Homs, Aleppo, Beirut, Sidon, Tyre, and Antioch (now Antakya in Turkey) are located in the Levant region, and for that reason, religion is centered in the region, specifically in Jerusalem.